Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy

Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (27 June 1883 – 8 March 1929) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers.

Quotes

 * Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears Waste of youth's most precious years, Waste of ways the saints have trod, Waste of Glory, waste of God, War!
 * from Waste, in More Rough Rhymes of a Padre (1919)


 * God gave His children memory That in life's garden there might be June roses in December.
 * from Roses in December, in Songs of Faith and Doubt (1922)